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Panamanian Americans  

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  • Panama is a small country, carved from Colombia, and Panamanian Americans are the second-smallest Central American ethnic group, numbering 165,456 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. Part of the Spanish colonial empire, Panama became independent in 1821 and was part of Colombia until 1903. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Panamanian Americans]

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